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The movement of invasive mealybugs (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) which are major pests of a wide range of agricultural, horticultural and ornamental plants worldwide has been documented by Muniappan (2011). As envisaged in the paper after the invasion of papaya mealybug, and Phenacoccus madeirensis (Madeira mealybug), the Jack Beardsley mealybug was recorded in India (Shylesha and Joshi, 2011, Mani et al., 2012). Certain of attributes of the Pseudococcidae, viz., wide host range, short generation time, cosmopolitan nature, ability to transmit some important plant viruses, etc., have contributed to their enormous damage potential (Meyer et al., 2008). In this regard, Pseudococcus jackbeardsleyi

Gimpel and Miller (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae), known as the Jack Beardsley mealybug, a polyphagous species of neotropical origin commonly occurring in Caribbean and Central and South America, that is …